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Realignment Of A Slipping Tendon On The Hand

Minnesota rates for HCPCS 26437

Repositions and holds a straightening tendon that has slipped off the top of a knuckle to one side, so it sits centered again over the joint. The tissue that keeps the tendon in place is tightened or reconstructed. One tendon is treated at a time, and the hand is splinted afterwards while it settles.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Realignment Of A Slipping Tendon On The Hand cost?

$2,965

Typical total for the visit. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,965 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,380 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,585 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,380$1,072 to $1,862
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,585$1,023 to $2,818

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $676 to $6,457Professionalmedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $676 to $2,455
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,585professional $1,380

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$13,182.57
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,187.76
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,737.80
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$436.52
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$3,311.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,818.38
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,754.23
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,691.53
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$4,677.35
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$4,897.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,290.87
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$67.61

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 4.3 times more in Alaska than in West Virginia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility fee

Minnesota· 19th of 51

$2,965

$1,380 physician + $1,585 facility

AK $6,645WV $1,559

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.